dm: add flakey target

This target is the same as the linear target except that it returns I/O
errors periodically.  It's been found useful in simulating failing
devices for testing purposes.

I needed a dm target to do some failure testing on btrfs's raid code, and
Mike pointed me at this.

Signed-off-by: Josef Bacik <josef@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>

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+dm-flakey
+=========
+
+This target is the same as the linear target except that it returns I/O
+errors periodically.  It's been found useful in simulating failing
+devices for testing purposes.
+
+Starting from the time the table is loaded, the device is available for
+<up interval> seconds, then returns errors for <down interval> seconds,
+and then this cycle repeats.
+
+Parameters: <dev path> <offset> <up interval> <down interval>
+    <dev path>: Full pathname to the underlying block-device, or a
+                "major:minor" device-number.
+    <offset>: Starting sector within the device.
+    <up interval>: Number of seconds device is available.
+    <down interval>: Number of seconds device returns errors.